WD-40 print advertisement full of sexual innuendo

There are also several aspects of the advertisement that shout out fake. First, we could only find this image of the advert; if the ad were genuine, there should be more than one photograph documenting its existence. Secondly, While the paper advertisement appears old and crinkled, the lettering remains straight, indicating the text is probably nothing more than a digital overlay placed onto an “old wrinkled page” background image, an easy task for a photoshop whizz. Finally, the image describes the product as “WD 40” when its name is, and always had been, properly rendered as WD-40 (or WD*40), and the biggest give away is the reference to a “red knob” that wasn’t yet a feature of the product in 1964. (the distinctive red cap that we all associate with cans of WD-40 today was originally black).